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Why Do We Waste Food?

Wednesday, 22 Aug 2012 | 4:42 PM ET

Dana Gunder, National Resource Defense Council scientist, and Laura Cipullo, Laura Cipullo Whole Nutrition Services, provides perspective on just how much food is wasted in the U.S. and why. Why do Americans waste 40 percent of all the food they buy?